 Thus far, no building within the site has been found, and during digs, no datable finds were unearthed.Private finds from this area point to the likelihood of a marsh camp from Augustus’s time

In a donation document from the Lorsch Abbey dated 12 August 772, Niederbrechen and Oberbrechen had their first documentary mention under the name "Brachina" (“at the mountain slope”).In the time that followed, ownership of the two places passed to St. Maximin's Abbey at Trier.